November 23, 2018 at 12:47PM

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What is your dream camera?

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I'm looking to upgrade from a Panasonic GH4 to something with some more pro features. I should mention that I am primarily a sound recordist, but I do occasionally work with a camera for b-roll stuff and I'm interested in the technology. My wife and I run a small filmmaking company and she is a cinematographer. We usually rent cameras and lenses depending on client requirements, but lately we've been considering getting a decent in-house camera for a lot of our bread & butter shoots.

One thing that I've noticed in my hunt for the perfect camera, if I may use a comparison with sound equipment: Generally all the features that I need are available in the sound recording equipment that's available on the market. I mean, sure, microphones all have their different uses and there isn't such a thing as 'one mic for all applications', and much is true with lenses. But when it comes to mixer/recorders, my Sound Devices 664 does everything I can see that I could ever need short of a job that would require a whole sound crew/mixing desk etc. So far, I've found that this is not the case with cameras.

I don't want this to be a 'What camera should I buy?' thread because there is already so much great info and advice already on that topic. This is more of a thought experiment:

'If you could put all of the features that you would love into one perfect camera that's within your budget range, what would that camera be?'

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